Safety-loop for harness-checks



(No Model.)

B. K. DENNIS.

SAFETY LOOP FOR HARNESS CHECKS.

N0. 353,484. Patented NOV. 80, 1886.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EPHRAIM K. DENNIS, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SAFETY-LOOP FOR HARNESS-CHECKS.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 353,484, dated November30, 1886.

Application filed August .21, 1886. Serial No. 211,516. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM K. DENNIS, of New Bedlord, in the county ofBristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Im provedSafety-Loop for Harness Cheeks, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the loop, used on harness-checks orcheck-reins,which engages with the waterhook on the saddle; and itconsists in a novel construction of said loop, substantially ashereinafter described, whereby the loop is prevented from becomingdetached from the hook by the working or throwing of the horses head,that heretofore has been such a common and troublesome occurrence withthe ordinary leather check-loop in use.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part oithis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a side View of a horse in part with harness checkand my improved loop applied; Fig. 2, a top view,upon a larger seale,ofthe rear portion of the check-rein, with said loop, shown partly insection, attached; and Fig. 3,a side view in part, showing the improvedloop engaged with the hook, the loop being in central section.

A is the cheek-rein, in adjustable connection bylooping it at its rearend, and by a buckle, I), applied to such turned-over portion, with theloop B, that engageswith the water-hook G on the saddle D.

The loop B, instead of beinga simpleleather one, as usual, is composedof a core or body part, c, of rigid or inflexible material, preferablyof cast metal of any suitable kind, and a covering or partial covering,d, either ofleather suitably stitched over it or of rubber molded on orotherwise applied to it, the rubber "covering being preferred, as by itstitching, &c.,

This will prevent removal of the loop B from the hook O by any workingor throwing of the horses head, the lip a holding the loop on the hookand preventing it from passing over the usual thickened outer end of thehook. \Vhen unchecking the horse, however, the holding or bindingflexible lip e of the loop B will be flexed in a reverse direction outof line with.

the loop, and thus permit of the ready removal of the loop from thehook.'

The improvement is easily adjusted, maybe applied to any sized check orhook, and pre sents a neat appearance and finish.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an improved article of manufacture, the check-rein loop,consisting of a rigid core ,or body part and a flexible covering orfilling having a lip partly covering orprojecting into the eye of theloop, substantially as shown.

2. The combination, with the saddle-hook and check-rein, of the loopconsisting of the rigid or inflexible core or body part, and theflexible covering or filling having a lip partly covering or projectinginto the eye of theloop,

' substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

EPHRAIM K. DENNIS.

\Vitnesses:

CHAS. F. Cusrrnve, WILLIAM M. BUTLER.

